That's a pretty good deal, but I don't know if I could excuse having to live under a rock next to a guy in a pineapple under the sea...

Probably for the same reason Superboy had an "S" on his chest even though his powers were TK based as opposed to Kryptonian in origin: Because that's who he is.

How is flying people in a movie about people with telekinetic powers a deal breaker for you?

"There was a Short Circuit II?"

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Remember kids, you can't say "Soul Patrol" without saying "Troll".

Or the Odyssey to get you home in time to slay a bunch of dudes who are trying to marry your wife.

Ironic that Ford's Expedition wouldn't be the best vehicle for an expedition.

This explains how the UN was able to ratify 384 resolutions in the last week alone.

And if when you are quizzing people you are being "quizzical" what is it when you are testing people?

Diagnosed on Christmas eve? Harsh.

They'll have to send in Claudia to investigate. She's the only one the kids will talk to, as she always has totally believable young-people style dialogue.

The classic Cherokee, with the I6 motor is pretty bulletproof. If I was in the market for an SUV that would be my first choice.

That's a very good point. This is my first Stephenson book and I should mention, I was very smitten by it, so I may be typing through a rose tinted keyboard.

I just got out of a job in the service department at a Chrysler dealer and I learned two things while I was there: One, PT Cruiser owners are eclipsed only by New Beetle owners in their rabid, unreasonable fetishization of their cars and Two, ZJs are the BIGGEST PEICES OF CRAP ON THE ROAD. Appalling fuel economy,…

I believe so. The reason that occured to me was the conversation Richard had with Skeletor regarding the WOR, how the arbitrary "good" and "evil" designations wasn't enough to continue motivating the players, and that having a superfluous but identifying common trait would be.

It sounds like a way to describe a night out at the peelers...

For me it's a matter of subjectivity. Do I work or play in an arena where I'm trasfering data all over the place? In this capacity, will I need more than 4 gigs of space? If the answers are you and no, why not? Why not have the best looking tool?

Does anyone have any thoughts on the significance of the WOR? When I finished the book I thought I had maybe accidentally skipped the resolution to that thread, but upon further reflection I saw parallels between the online re-alignment and the motley crew of hackers and tea sellers and MI6 agents and mercenaries that…

When I was much younger, I thought the CVCC on the back of some Civics indicated that it was either manufactured in or imported from Russia.